Highways: A case involving naming conventions on
highway-related articles, closed on Wednesday. As a result of the case,
User:SPUI,
JohnnyBGood,
Rschen7754, and
PHenry were all placed on
probation, allowing administrators to ban them from highway-related articles in case of disruption. Participants were also prohibited from moving pages between preferred names until a policy on the names is adopted, and SPUI and JohnnyBGood were warned to remain civil at all times.
New cases
Four cases were opened this week; all are in the evidence phase.
Alienus: A case involving
Alienus. Users
Tony Sidaway,
Nandesuka, and
Jossi have presented evidence in the case, noting that Alienus has been blocked 15 times, has assumed bad faith, and has been warned many times about making personal attacks, edit warring, and incivility. Alienus had not presented any evidence as of press time.
Trey Stone Appeal: No evidence has yet been presented in the case, which is an appeal of
an August 2005 case which banned Trey Stone from articles relating to politics for one year (to end August 11, 2006).
Evidence phase
Eternal Equinox: A case involving
Eternal Equinox. Several users complained that Eternal Equinox has been trying to claim
ownership of articles with edit wars and abuse directed at those who try to edit them. Eternal Equinox claims to have left Wikipedia, but the other parties argued that this was not credible because of a number of similar statements made previously.
Hunger: A case involving a dispute about articles related to
The Hunger Project. One of the parties,
Jcoonrod, identifies himself as John Coonrod, an executive with that organization. The dispute has been in mediation about how and whether to include unflattering material about the organization in the article.
8bitJake: A case involving
8bitJake.
badlydrawnjeff, the initiator of the arbitration request, has asserted that 8bitJake's editing on political articles was biased, and that 8bitJake was incivil to other editors on the articles. Remedies brought by Fred Bauder, and not yet voted on by other members, would place 8bitJake and related editors on probation and ban them from articles relating to the politics of the State of Washington.
Dionyseus: A case involving
Dionyseus and
Danny Pi, and their actions on
Veselin Topalov, an article on a Bulgarian chess player accused of cheating. Remedies brought by Fred Bauder, and not yet voted on by other members, would ban Danielpi for a week for "discourtesy and personal attacks".
Iloveminun: A case brought against
Minun. Evidence presented asserted that Minun and various sockpuppets violated fair use and image deletion policies by uploading copyrighted images and removing tags. Remedies supported by Fred Bauder and James Forrester would limit Minun to one account, banning Minun for a year for various actions (with all bans running consecutively), and placed on probation, personal attack parole, and revert parole.
Pudgenet: A case brought against
Pudgenet, involving a dispute between
Pudgenet and
-Barry-. The dispute involves pages relating to
Perl, as well as
Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles. Three arbitrators support banning -Barry- from
Perl, warning Pudgenet to avoid disruption, and placing Pudgenet on personal attack parole.
Irishpunktom: A case involving
Irishpunktom,
Karl Meier, and
Dbiv. Measures to ban Irishpunktom and Dbiv from editing
Peter Tatchell for one year, place Irishpunktom and Karl Meier on probation for one year, and place Irishpunktom on one revert per article per week parole have the support of four arbitrators. Debate is still ongoing on an appropriate remedy for the actions of Dbiv.
Saladin1970: A case involving an appeal of
Saladin1970's indefinite block originally placed by
Jayjg, and later by
SlimVirgin. Saladin1970 would be banned for at least 2 years, perhaps indefinitely, and placed on probation, general probation, and personal attack parole.
Highways: A case involving naming conventions on
highway-related articles, closed on Wednesday. As a result of the case,
User:SPUI,
JohnnyBGood,
Rschen7754, and
PHenry were all placed on
probation, allowing administrators to ban them from highway-related articles in case of disruption. Participants were also prohibited from moving pages between preferred names until a policy on the names is adopted, and SPUI and JohnnyBGood were warned to remain civil at all times.
New cases
Four cases were opened this week; all are in the evidence phase.
Alienus: A case involving
Alienus. Users
Tony Sidaway,
Nandesuka, and
Jossi have presented evidence in the case, noting that Alienus has been blocked 15 times, has assumed bad faith, and has been warned many times about making personal attacks, edit warring, and incivility. Alienus had not presented any evidence as of press time.
Trey Stone Appeal: No evidence has yet been presented in the case, which is an appeal of
an August 2005 case which banned Trey Stone from articles relating to politics for one year (to end August 11, 2006).
Evidence phase
Eternal Equinox: A case involving
Eternal Equinox. Several users complained that Eternal Equinox has been trying to claim
ownership of articles with edit wars and abuse directed at those who try to edit them. Eternal Equinox claims to have left Wikipedia, but the other parties argued that this was not credible because of a number of similar statements made previously.
Hunger: A case involving a dispute about articles related to
The Hunger Project. One of the parties,
Jcoonrod, identifies himself as John Coonrod, an executive with that organization. The dispute has been in mediation about how and whether to include unflattering material about the organization in the article.
8bitJake: A case involving
8bitJake.
badlydrawnjeff, the initiator of the arbitration request, has asserted that 8bitJake's editing on political articles was biased, and that 8bitJake was incivil to other editors on the articles. Remedies brought by Fred Bauder, and not yet voted on by other members, would place 8bitJake and related editors on probation and ban them from articles relating to the politics of the State of Washington.
Dionyseus: A case involving
Dionyseus and
Danny Pi, and their actions on
Veselin Topalov, an article on a Bulgarian chess player accused of cheating. Remedies brought by Fred Bauder, and not yet voted on by other members, would ban Danielpi for a week for "discourtesy and personal attacks".
Iloveminun: A case brought against
Minun. Evidence presented asserted that Minun and various sockpuppets violated fair use and image deletion policies by uploading copyrighted images and removing tags. Remedies supported by Fred Bauder and James Forrester would limit Minun to one account, banning Minun for a year for various actions (with all bans running consecutively), and placed on probation, personal attack parole, and revert parole.
Pudgenet: A case brought against
Pudgenet, involving a dispute between
Pudgenet and
-Barry-. The dispute involves pages relating to
Perl, as well as
Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles. Three arbitrators support banning -Barry- from
Perl, warning Pudgenet to avoid disruption, and placing Pudgenet on personal attack parole.
Irishpunktom: A case involving
Irishpunktom,
Karl Meier, and
Dbiv. Measures to ban Irishpunktom and Dbiv from editing
Peter Tatchell for one year, place Irishpunktom and Karl Meier on probation for one year, and place Irishpunktom on one revert per article per week parole have the support of four arbitrators. Debate is still ongoing on an appropriate remedy for the actions of Dbiv.
Saladin1970: A case involving an appeal of
Saladin1970's indefinite block originally placed by
Jayjg, and later by
SlimVirgin. Saladin1970 would be banned for at least 2 years, perhaps indefinitely, and placed on probation, general probation, and personal attack parole.
Discuss this story
This is a valuable set of information. However, I would like to suggest a change in its title. It is currently titled: "The Report On Lengthy Litigation." The word litigation seems wrong here. Litigation refers to "legal proceedings." Legal is usually taken to mean "pertaining to law."
The article refers primarily, as far as I can tell to Wikipedia arbitration cases. Arbitration and litigation are two different processes. While arbitration can be a step in legal proceedings, such is not the case here (I hope). In Wikipedia's case, the cases pertain to policies and guidelines and members' ability to adhere to them.
How about changing the title of this section of Signpost to "The Report on Arbitration Cases"? If the subject matter is broader than arbitration, the title could be: "The Report on Arbitration and other Disputes." or something similar. Sunray 01:54, 12 July 2006 (UTC) reply
this is messedrocker
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05:47, 13 July 2006 (UTC) reply